Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-19
QUAILS AD NATSEAN.
A MAN IN CHICAGO EATS THIRTY
BIRDS IN THIRTY DAYS.

A Gastronomic Peat said to BE I'm
How n Wager of ~ GOO Was Won.
/ Enough.
John c. Mann ate his thirteth quail in
thirty consecutive DAYS the other evening
ut exAlderrian Jonas restaurant, and his
hacker, George r. Clark, wins 81 900 from
Alderman Hildre.h. A little over a month
ago Alderman Hildreth offered to put up
/ 81 900 as a wager that Mann could not eat
thirty quails M thirty days. one each day
a quail to he eaten between the hours Of u
and : O'Clock in the evening. The money
was covered and the CONTEST Of J. e. Mann
vs. his stomach commenced on the evening
| of Dec. , He at once put himself under the
care Of DrS. Dryden. of Chicago. and Nit
chell, Of Minneapolis. and acting according
| to their vice has lived for the month ON a
diet Of oatmeal for breakfast aud light cold
meats for dinner. wirding up with his quail
supper each evening He got along very
well until he reached his twenty ninth quail
on the evening of Dec. 81. On this oc-
casion he got throug with his grand supper
only after hard struggle. and 1t was ex-
pected that he would fail in the attempt T."
consume his thirtieth. This belief was
strengthened 10y the fact that Charley Mil
Ter, a rugged eater belonging To the Jonas
restaurant, had but n few days previously
failed on his twenty ninth attempt ut the
same feat Hence there was large crowd
of spectators at the place the last evening
when Young Mann, accompanied by DR. {.
Mahonev, the referee i'll the contest. entered
and took his seat at one Of the tables.
AT IT AGAIN.
Immediately aS the hands "f the clock
pointed to 6. the thirtieth quail, which had
been excelcntly broiled and placed on a
pyramid Of toast was set before Mann. The
accoplpaniments were salt. celery, bread,
butter, Saratoga chips. etc. He brought
with him a bottle Of WaukeSha water. Of
which he at first took half glass. and then
commenced eating bread and butter; after
consuming half slice Of bread he reached
for the quail with an air Of a hungry man.
and brought it tn his plate Cutting off a
good sized moutkful he mastiCated it thor
oughly. and with apparent relish, along
with a liberal supply nf Saratoga chips well
salted This performance was repeated three
times Then Mann resorted to bread and
butter and finished his first glass of Wauke-
sha. He next turned his attention to the
celery and ate two stems, using salt freely,
and following with three more bites of
quail Then he poured out another glass OF
Waukesha. which cmptied his bottle, ate
some over >alted Saratoga chips another
stem of celery another mOuthful Of bread,
with an extra supply of butter, and then
commenced on the last half of the decisive
half.
At this juncture Mann was Just little
nervous and looked up at the clock with
wistfuI Solicituds. But nine minutes of his
time had expired Mr.. Mahoner. who was
by his side. handed over a cup Of coffee
which had been furnished him, and this
seemed To encourage Mann's lanSushinG ap
petite. But opposite him sat George e.
Clark. most interested. Onlcoker. who had
81 600 on the six mouthtuls Of quail that
vet remained 10 be eaten. The crowd
gathered close about the tired eater. and for
a moment he appeared to weaken. Charley
Miller. the defeated man in a similar match.
remarked to s friend next 10 him that lie
would not at that moment bet ''N' either
way. He may get through, and he may
not, " said Miller 1T is just at that point
that failed
But young Mann guaifed a portion of his
glass OF Waukesha and commenced ON the
reminder Of the quail with a steady nerve
He used salt aud Salted Saratoga chips. and
celery AMI salt. and butter freely. taking a
mouthful Of the quail at intervals in such
way that its taste could scarcely reach his
paint" from the abundance Of other edibles
"a bipb bs consumed